Definition of "water-ouzel" [water-ouzel]

• See ouzel. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "I observed the water-ouzel again as high as 8,000 feet."
• "The birds, as well as those of the Nurtung river, are the water-ouzel, the greyish-blue water-chat, the red and black ditto with a white head - top, and the black bird, _durn-durns_ or bird producing that cry occurs, but not in great numbers."
• "In the case of the water-ouzel, the acutest observer by examining its dead body would never have suspected its subaquatic habits; yet this bird, which is allied to the thrush family, subsists by diving—using its wings under water, and grasping stones with its feet."